What do you think? Is my new blog layout and design a keeper?
I was bored tonight while the hubby is at the station ... so I spent a bit of time and made it a bit jazzier.
I like it ... but it's YOUR opinions that matter!
Friday, August 28, 2009
I love him!!
My husband is an amazing guy.
Sometimes I might forget to say how kind and caring he is ... sometimes life just goes by with all the menial tasks we have to complete. Laundry, cooking, cleaning, shopping, work, working out ... those day to day things that have to get done and sometimes we get so wrapped up in them that we forget to acknowledge the love that brought us together in the first place, other than a quick "I love you" and a kiss as we run out the door for one thing or another.
We always celebrated the anniversary of our first date (3 years ago today, actually) ... but I thought that once we were married (11 months ago yesterday!) that our wedding anniversary superceded the dating anniversary. So this morning as we were both rushing around getting ready for work, me for 9 hours and him for 24, I gave him a big hug and said "I've loved you for 3 years!" ... and he just smiled and said the same.
I got to work, grabbed my breakfast out of my bag and saw a white envelope that I know wasn't there before.
He slipped a little love card in my bag this morning when I wasn't looking. Not so much to celebrate a dating anniversary, but to let me know that he loves me. A random (or not so random) act of kindness on a Friday. It's a great way to end the week.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!
Sometimes I might forget to say how kind and caring he is ... sometimes life just goes by with all the menial tasks we have to complete. Laundry, cooking, cleaning, shopping, work, working out ... those day to day things that have to get done and sometimes we get so wrapped up in them that we forget to acknowledge the love that brought us together in the first place, other than a quick "I love you" and a kiss as we run out the door for one thing or another.
We always celebrated the anniversary of our first date (3 years ago today, actually) ... but I thought that once we were married (11 months ago yesterday!) that our wedding anniversary superceded the dating anniversary. So this morning as we were both rushing around getting ready for work, me for 9 hours and him for 24, I gave him a big hug and said "I've loved you for 3 years!" ... and he just smiled and said the same.
I got to work, grabbed my breakfast out of my bag and saw a white envelope that I know wasn't there before.
He slipped a little love card in my bag this morning when I wasn't looking. Not so much to celebrate a dating anniversary, but to let me know that he loves me. A random (or not so random) act of kindness on a Friday. It's a great way to end the week.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!
Monday, August 24, 2009
When I met my husband <3
Three years ago today was a regular Thursday at work. I was dressed on the casual side, but toward the end of the day I changed into a fancy black skirt and cute black and tan striped short-sleeved sweater. I fixed my hair a little (as much as you can fix hair that was in a bun all day) by changing out the band to a black one. A coworker asked what I was doing. I told her that I was heading to the rehearsal dinner for my friend's wedding, since I was a bridesmaid. She told me I should put on some better mascara and a little bit of makeup, because "you never know who you might meet". I remember thinking she was crazy - I was actually happily single, sick of the online dating and definitely tired of the bar scene (I was 26 and really just enjoying my "me time"). But I did add some fresh mascara and lip gloss.
Fast forward to the rehearsal at the chapel ... I noticed there was one groomsman in particular that was looking at me from across the way. I smiled. So did he.
We went to the dinner and I sat with my best friend (another bridesmaid) and we were just chatting and hanging out. This groomsman who smiled at me was sitting at the end of the table, on the other side of my best friend. Those blue eyes!!! Yeah, okay, I was attracted. The groom's parents were sitting across from me, and I remember thinking that they were so nice and funny. Then I heard Mr. Blue Eyes call them Mom and Dad. WHAT?! My friend's almost-husband has a brother??? And she never told me? Small talk and introductions. Sarah meet Aron, Aron meet Sarah. I suddenly couldn't wait for the wedding on Saturday to get to know this guy a little bit more.
I got a call the next night from the bride saying that I better save a dance for her future brother-in-law because apparently he couldn't stop talking about me to his brother, who of course told her. I was shocked. Really ... he's interested in me too? WOW!
We were inseparable at the wedding. We went on our first date two days later, on Monday. We went to the gym and to Max & Erma's for dinner. Three weeks later I was telling people we were going to get married someday. In March we moved in together. In May we were engaged. And now we've been married nearly a year.
All thanks to a coworker, on a random Thursday at work who told me to put on some mascara.
Fast forward to the rehearsal at the chapel ... I noticed there was one groomsman in particular that was looking at me from across the way. I smiled. So did he.
We went to the dinner and I sat with my best friend (another bridesmaid) and we were just chatting and hanging out. This groomsman who smiled at me was sitting at the end of the table, on the other side of my best friend. Those blue eyes!!! Yeah, okay, I was attracted. The groom's parents were sitting across from me, and I remember thinking that they were so nice and funny. Then I heard Mr. Blue Eyes call them Mom and Dad. WHAT?! My friend's almost-husband has a brother??? And she never told me? Small talk and introductions. Sarah meet Aron, Aron meet Sarah. I suddenly couldn't wait for the wedding on Saturday to get to know this guy a little bit more.
I got a call the next night from the bride saying that I better save a dance for her future brother-in-law because apparently he couldn't stop talking about me to his brother, who of course told her. I was shocked. Really ... he's interested in me too? WOW!
We were inseparable at the wedding. We went on our first date two days later, on Monday. We went to the gym and to Max & Erma's for dinner. Three weeks later I was telling people we were going to get married someday. In March we moved in together. In May we were engaged. And now we've been married nearly a year.
All thanks to a coworker, on a random Thursday at work who told me to put on some mascara.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Negative.
I have no other words today.
Hubs and I are going to Chipotle and Coldstone to go into diabetic comas. At least I take metformin. HAHA.
Have a great weekend!
Hubs and I are going to Chipotle and Coldstone to go into diabetic comas. At least I take metformin. HAHA.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Nervous, I'm not going to lie...
I'm going to take a pregnancy test in the morning.
Yeah, yeah ... so what you say ... you've been down this road before, taken lots of pregnancy tests.
True enough, but never has there really been a (tiny, miniscule) hope that it might actually come up with a second line on there. Pregnant. Sometimes I can hardly believe that we are trying to expand our little family. I'll freely admit that sitting here, the night before possibly finding out that our lives will be changing forever, that I'm a little, or maybe a lot, freaked out by that. I mean, it's a good thing, don't get me wrong ... but what a huge good thing it is, know what I mean?
But why get worked up about it? Odds are, I am not pregnant since my past cycles have indicated that I didn't ovulate. I guess that worries me more than anything. We want to have kids, but what if we simply can't? I know there is the option of adoption, but a selfish part of me wants to say that if I can't have one of our own, I don't want to have one at all. (I told you it was the selfish part of me and this is my blog so I'm saying it). But I'm sure that if it came down to it, we would cross that bridge.
So if tomorrow morning's test is a BFN, I will wait one week and test again on cd35. If that test is also a BFN, it's onto another round of progesterone and another new cycle. This will continue for September and October. I have a follow up appointment with my doctor the first week in November, and if I'm not pregnant by then we're going to discuss Clomid and other options beyond that. I hope it doesn't come to that.
Hey, I do have plenty of phantom symptoms after all.
Adding to the list today:
Holy major hot flash at work ... I got SO overheated this afternoon after lunch.
My lunch didn't sit well (huh, big surprise there - though the same pizza was fine last night and the whole wheat pasta I ate tonight is seeming to be fine as well --- if I am pregnant, then this phantom baby definitely likes the Italian side of me - haha).
The cramping continues. I've had mild pressure-ish cramps for about a week now. Sometimes more than others. I thought for sure AF was coming earlier this week and kept running to the bathroom to check. But, no ... not yet.
Well regardless ... here's to tomorrow!
CHEERS! (because yeah, it might be my last glass of wine for a long while!)
Yeah, yeah ... so what you say ... you've been down this road before, taken lots of pregnancy tests.
True enough, but never has there really been a (tiny, miniscule) hope that it might actually come up with a second line on there. Pregnant. Sometimes I can hardly believe that we are trying to expand our little family. I'll freely admit that sitting here, the night before possibly finding out that our lives will be changing forever, that I'm a little, or maybe a lot, freaked out by that. I mean, it's a good thing, don't get me wrong ... but what a huge good thing it is, know what I mean?
But why get worked up about it? Odds are, I am not pregnant since my past cycles have indicated that I didn't ovulate. I guess that worries me more than anything. We want to have kids, but what if we simply can't? I know there is the option of adoption, but a selfish part of me wants to say that if I can't have one of our own, I don't want to have one at all. (I told you it was the selfish part of me and this is my blog so I'm saying it). But I'm sure that if it came down to it, we would cross that bridge.
So if tomorrow morning's test is a BFN, I will wait one week and test again on cd35. If that test is also a BFN, it's onto another round of progesterone and another new cycle. This will continue for September and October. I have a follow up appointment with my doctor the first week in November, and if I'm not pregnant by then we're going to discuss Clomid and other options beyond that. I hope it doesn't come to that.
Hey, I do have plenty of phantom symptoms after all.
Adding to the list today:
Holy major hot flash at work ... I got SO overheated this afternoon after lunch.
My lunch didn't sit well (huh, big surprise there - though the same pizza was fine last night and the whole wheat pasta I ate tonight is seeming to be fine as well --- if I am pregnant, then this phantom baby definitely likes the Italian side of me - haha).
The cramping continues. I've had mild pressure-ish cramps for about a week now. Sometimes more than others. I thought for sure AF was coming earlier this week and kept running to the bathroom to check. But, no ... not yet.
Well regardless ... here's to tomorrow!
CHEERS! (because yeah, it might be my last glass of wine for a long while!)
Monday, August 17, 2009
Man, I hate (phantom) symptoms.
I'm 10dpo. Or so. Or maybe not. I don't know. I've never ovulated, but for some reason I think I may have this time. We had great timing. I can't help but thing ... hey, I might be pregnant for real this time.
I had bloodwork done on cd3 this cycle, and it all came back WELL WITHIN the normal ranges. I was ecstatic when I saw the results online and even more so when I met with the doctor again today. I've lost 6lbs since starting the metformin. This is a HUGE step for me since I was unable to lose weight at all after stopping birth control, and had in fact gained a fair amount. It makes me feel good to know that things are falling into place.
Now this is how I've been feeling.
1. Tired ... but not to the point of exhaustion. I slept for almost 12 hours on Saturday night/Sunday morning. That is unheard of for me. I'm usually up by 8 on the weekends, and I didn't wake up for good until 11am. (see number 2)
2. Bathroom breaks are kind of annoying. I'm bloated and so I've been drinking a lot of water. So I'm in the bathroom a bit more regularly. I usually sleep though the night, but as of the last week, I've been waking up once a night.
3. Zero appetite. Nothing sounds good and I've been drinking water instead of eating. It's after 8pm, I had a session with my personal trainer earlier and all I've eaten today was an apple and 2 spring rolls, and about 6 chunks of chicken from PF Changs. I know I need to eat something, but I just CAN'T.
4. I was nauseous most of yesterday from about 4pm until around 4am. I slept almost sitting up when I could sleep and spent an hour in the bathroom thinking I was going to lose what little I ate. Come on now, this isn't supposed to be like this at 10dpo, is it?! Even if I am pregnant. But whatever it is, I don't like it one bit! But like it or not, I have been a bit quesy for the better part of today as well. I think this contributes to number 3 above.
Well, so there you have it. I am crazy, I think. I can't test until Saturday at the earliest, and I may just wait until cd35 and if AF hasn't arrived by then, it's onto another cycle of provera for me.
Have a great week!
I had bloodwork done on cd3 this cycle, and it all came back WELL WITHIN the normal ranges. I was ecstatic when I saw the results online and even more so when I met with the doctor again today. I've lost 6lbs since starting the metformin. This is a HUGE step for me since I was unable to lose weight at all after stopping birth control, and had in fact gained a fair amount. It makes me feel good to know that things are falling into place.
Now this is how I've been feeling.
1. Tired ... but not to the point of exhaustion. I slept for almost 12 hours on Saturday night/Sunday morning. That is unheard of for me. I'm usually up by 8 on the weekends, and I didn't wake up for good until 11am. (see number 2)
2. Bathroom breaks are kind of annoying. I'm bloated and so I've been drinking a lot of water. So I'm in the bathroom a bit more regularly. I usually sleep though the night, but as of the last week, I've been waking up once a night.
3. Zero appetite. Nothing sounds good and I've been drinking water instead of eating. It's after 8pm, I had a session with my personal trainer earlier and all I've eaten today was an apple and 2 spring rolls, and about 6 chunks of chicken from PF Changs. I know I need to eat something, but I just CAN'T.
4. I was nauseous most of yesterday from about 4pm until around 4am. I slept almost sitting up when I could sleep and spent an hour in the bathroom thinking I was going to lose what little I ate. Come on now, this isn't supposed to be like this at 10dpo, is it?! Even if I am pregnant. But whatever it is, I don't like it one bit! But like it or not, I have been a bit quesy for the better part of today as well. I think this contributes to number 3 above.
Well, so there you have it. I am crazy, I think. I can't test until Saturday at the earliest, and I may just wait until cd35 and if AF hasn't arrived by then, it's onto another cycle of provera for me.
Have a great week!
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